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kyala

English → Luganda

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Meaning

e- (ki/bi) large fingernail. cf. olwala.

kyala, e- (ki/bi) large fingernail. cf. olwala.

Related Words
kaboga or kahoga kaknhogn intendifiers with -ggya (new) and -to (young) engatto zange kaboga kakobogo, my brand new shoes. Omukyala yawasa muto kaboga. He married a very young girl. kamala (-kamaze) v.i. act to excess do to extremes (in a bad sense). Ng'okamaze! You have really botched things up! In a more frequent usage kamala follows another ve katawala (-katawadde) v.i. retrogress decline from a better to worse state (esp. in behavior); be a stay-at-home; be restricted to one area for a long time. Yakyala n'a kayulu a- (ka/bu) small reed, omukyala omutono kayulu nnalunyonga, a slim, beautiful woman. kitooke e- (ki/bi) banana tree, Musa sapien- tum; plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca. ow'omu bitooke, a rustic, greenhorn, okukyala n'osimba kubika (-kubise) v.i. neut. beeasytohit. olugoye olutakubikamu liiso very beautiful dress material, omukyala atakubikamu liiso, a very beautiful woman. cf. obukubirire, ekikubira, ekikubiro, ekkubiro kyala (-kyadde) v.i. visit make a visit. kyalaalo e- (ki/bi) vaginitis, cf. yalaala. kyalaani e- (ki/bi) [Sw., Pers."] sewing machine. kyalagana (-kyalaganye) v.i. recip. visit one another. cf. olukyala omukyaze. kyalakimpadde plur. bakyalakimpadde (la) thief burglar, lit. the iarge naii (kyala) has given it to me (-kimpadde). kyalakisajja (la) thumb lit. male fingernail. cf. ^ekyala, -sajja.